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AGENDA

1. Welcome/Introductions 2. Approve Minutes (Action Item) 3. Idaho Apartments Letter (Action Item) 4. Filling of Vacant Council Seats (Action Item) 5. Council Retreat 6. CoC Program Awards 7. Coordinated Entry Committee Updates 8. Zero: 2016 Update 9. MFAC Update

• 10. Policy and Advocacy Opportunities
• 11. Nuts & Bolts
• 12. Pin it

• 2. APPROVE MINUTES (ACTION ITEM)

Gabriel Lemus, Council Chair Review and adoption of minutes from the December Council meeting.

• 3. IDAHO APARTMENTS LETTER (ACTION ITEM)

Resources for Community Development Review of request by RCD to approve letter regarding renovations and conversion of project based vouchers.

PLAN TO RENOVATE IDAHO APARTMENTS

• Resources for Community Development

(RCD) plan to convert Idaho Apartments project-based voucher contract through the RAD Second Component.

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Action: The Council on Homelessness is asked to endorse the Continuum of Care’s letter of support.

• 4. FILLING OF VACANT COUNCIL SEATS (ACTION

ITEM)

Nominating Committee Update by Nominating Committee on review of applications for vacant Council seats, and possible action to recommend candidates to BoS.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

• Alejandra Chamberlain
• Teri House
• Gary Kingsburg
• Dan Sawislak

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

Sea Seat Recommendat atio ion Behavioral Health Miguel Hidaldo-Barnes, Program Manager, Hume Center CoC/ESG Program Grantee John Eckstrom, Shelter, Inc. Consumer/Consumer Advocate Stephanie Batchelor Government Seat #1 Anne Struthers, Homeless Liaison, Contra Costa EHSD Health Care Representative John Barclay, Director, Cmty Based Services, Contra Costa Health Plan Government Seat #2 Brenda Kain, City of Concord Faith Community Doug Leich, MFAC Public Housing Authority Joseph Villarreal, HACCC

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

• Communit

unity Mem ember S Sea eat #3 #3: interviews in February

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umer/Cons

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umer A Advocate Alt lter ernate: no applications received

• 5. COUNCIL RETREAT

Amanda Wehrman, HomeBase Discussion of calendaring orientation retreat for Council members.

• 6. COC PROGRAM AWARDS

Amanda Wehrman, HomeBase Update on HUD announcement of FY2016 CoC Program awards.

GREAT NEWS FOR CONTRA COSTA

• 18% increase in funding from 2015 to

2016, including increases in Fair Market Rents and new projects

THREE NEW PROJECTS FUNDED

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SHELTER Inc.'s Proj

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Thrive, a new permanent supportive housing project that will serve 16 chronically homeless adults and families

• SAHA's

's Tabo bora Gardens, which will create 12 new units to serve chronically homeless veterans

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Contra Co Costa sta Co Coordinated En Entr try Exp y Expansion, which will support much needed growth of our coordinated entry system as we launch in 2017

FY2016 COC PROGRAM COMPETITION AWARDS

Proje ject T Type Re Request Aw Award Differe rence Renewal Projects $9,681,854 $11,360,450 + $1,678,596 CoC Planning Project $323,602 $323,602

• New

Reallocated Projects $1,104,865 $1,104,865

• New Bonus

Projects $539,336 $288,075

• $251,261

Total: l: $1 $11,649, 49,65 657 $1 $13, 3,076, 6,992 992 + + $1 $1,42 427, 7,335 35

2016 COC PROGRAM AWARDS BY COMPONENT Per Permanent anent S Sup upportiv ive Housing, $11. 11.1 m 1 mil

Coord rdinated E Entry, $ ry, $1.2 mil Co CoC Planning, $320k $320k Rapi apid d Re Re-Housing, $450k $450k HMIS, $1 $180k 80k

• 7. COORDINATED ENTRY COMMITTEE UPDATES

Lavonna Martin & Jenny Robbins, Health, Housing, and Homeless Services Division (H3) Standing Item. Report out on progress made by coordinated entry committees and workgroups.

CE COMMITTEES UPDATE

Commi mmitt ttee ee Nex ext S Steps Oversight Review progress by cmtes and make recommendations to Council on Homelessness on any needed actions Communications Review updated fact sheet, infographic; discuss business cards; review draft leave-behind flyer, FAQs, and website design Policies & Procedures Review draft policies and procedures for CARE Centers, Warming Center, CORE Outreach Teams, and 2-1-1 Call Center Data Evaluation Review baseline data for evaluation metrics

CE WORKGROUPS UPDATE

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Nex ext S Steps Prevention/Diversion Tool Populate resource list for P/D referrals; meet with CARE Centers to review updated tool and discuss referral process Rapid Re-housing Referral Develop matrix of eligibility criteria for each RRH program to inform referral policies and procedures Emergency Shelter Referral Collect policies and procedures from each shelter to develop matrix of eligibility criteria to inform and align prioritization and referral policies and procedures Housing Waitlists Send letters to clients and complete waitlist purge, with qualifying clients being placed through Housing Placement Cmte

TIMELINE OF IMPLEMENTATION

Phase se I I - Februar ary 2 2017:

• CORE Outreach Teams mobilized
• 211 Call Center begins
• Referrals to CORE Team
• Referrals to CARE Centers
• CARE Centers open with Housing

Navigation services available on-site

• Warming Center opens in Central County

TIMELINE OF IMPLEMENTATION

Phas Phase I II – May 2017: 7:

• 211 implements Prevention and

Diversion Screening and Referral Services.

TIMELINE OF IMPLEMENTATION

Phas Phase III III – Septem ember r 2017: 7:

• 211 begins centralized reservation

system for direct placement into emergency shelters.

• 8. BUILT FOR ZERO (PREV. ZERO: 2016) UPDATE

Jennifer Baha, Built for Zero Coordinator, H3 Standing Item. Update regarding progress on Built for Zero campaign.

Veteran By Name List – November 2016

 By Name List: 137  Housing Placements: 15  Inflow: 26  Returns to homelessness: 3  Moved to Inactive: 8

Contra Costa County Veteran By Name List January 2015 to November 2017 Updated 12/15/16

199 210 216 221 224 225 230 225 230 219 217 213 204 185 183 188 171 162 156 156 143 138 137 8 3 13 9 4 15 11 12 9 18 7 17 22 30 18 15 17 13 11 14 9 15 15 3 8 6 6 18 11 8 13 16 16 14 11 16 13 9 9 22 14 12 11 12 8 8

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PLACEMENTS MOVED TO INACTIVE INFLOW RETURNED TO HOMELESSNESS

Chronic By Name List – November 2016

 By Name List: 338  Housing Placements: 10  Aged into Chronic status: 34  Returns to homelessness: 4  Moved to Inactive: 19

Updates

 Outreach and Engagement Committee

 Housing Security Fund

 Communications Committee  Data Committee

The Structure of Contra Costa Built for Zero

What Contra Costa Built for Zero will look like in 2017

• 9. MFAC UPDATE

Doug Leich, Multi-faith ACTION Coalition Standing Item. Updates on Multi-faith ACTION Coalition.

• 10. POLICY AND ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES

Tara Ozes, HomeBase Presentation on latest updates around No Place Like Home, CNWS, and other federal and state legislative items.

STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - NO PLACE LIKE HOME (NPLH) PROGRAM (AB 1618)

• $2 billion bond program: $1.8 billion

Competitive, <$200 million Non- Competitive, and $6.2 million TA

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tal c cost t funds for development/rehab

• f Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)

for Homeless, Chronically Homeless, or “At Risk of Chronic Homelessness” with a Severe Mental Disorder.

AB 1628

NPLH Bond Financing Enacting Legislation

No Place Like Home - Funding Mechanism

MHSA (Prop 63) California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA)

Taxable Bonds < $140 Million/Year

Los Angeles County

Large Counties

Medium Counties

Small Counties

PSH for CH + MH

No Place Like Home Fund (State Treasury)

Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)

NPLH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (TA)

• $6.2 million in total; eligible uses

include applying for program funds, implementing NPLH activities, etc.

• Large Counties: $150,

0,000 000

• TA NOF

NOFA: January/February 2017

• Applications accepted until June, with

awards distributed from Feb. – August.

NPLH FORMULA ALLOCATION ESTIMATES FOR NON-COMPETITIVE PROGRAM

• Formula:

a: Amount of “over-the-counter” funds based on 2015 PIT Count data.

• Contra Costa: $3.2 Million
• Subject to change based on 2017 PIT

Count data.

Los Angeles County

Large Counties

(>750K)

Medium Counties (200-750K)

Small Counties (<200K)

NPLH Pure Competitive Program NPLH Alternative Process vs. Competitive Program Alternative Program

Counties w/ 5% or more

• f CA homeless

population = Los Angeles, Santa Clara, San Diego, San Francisco

Large Counties

(>750K)

Medium Counties (200-750K)

Small Counties (<200K)

Funds Administered by HCD Counties Choose to Administer Own Funds Funds Administered by HCD

NPLH FORMULA ALLOCATION ESTIMATES FOR COMPETITIVE PROGRAM

• Formula:

a: Based on 70% PIT Count data, 30% Extremely Low Income (ELI) Renter Cost Burden.

• Large County Pure Competitive Portion:

$682 682.5 M Milli llion

• With funds removed for Alternative

Program: $38 386. 6.1 M Milli llion

NPLH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Committee Member Appointing Power Director of Housing and Community Development (Committee Chair) State Director of Health Care Services State Secretary of Veterans Affairs State Director of Social Services State State Treasurer State Chair of Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission State

NPLH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Committee Member

Committee Member Appointing Power Chief Administrative Officer or Member of a County Board of Supervisors, Small County Governor Chief Administrative Officer or Member of a County Board of Supervisors, Large County Governor Director of a County Behavioral Health Department Governor Administrative Officer of a City Governor Resident of Supportive Housing Governor Representative of a Local or Regional Continuum of Care Organization that Coordinates Homelessness Funding Governor Representative of a Community Mental Health Organization Governor Representative of an Affordable Housing Organization Governor

NO PLACE LIKE HOME PROGRAM

Pr Prel elimin inary T Tim imeframe: :

• Fall 20

2016: 6: Initial research and stakeholder outreach; development of Advisory Committee. ✔

• Winter 2

r 2016: Framework paper released and public comment.

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Spring - Summer 2 r 2017: Guideline developed; Guidelines and NOFA completed.

• Fall

ll 2 2017: : Validation process.

• Winter 2

r 2018: : Competitive NOFA Released (pending validation).

NPLH PROPOSED PROGRAM FRAMEWORK – PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY

• December 20, 2016: Proposed Program

Framework released.

• January, 2017: HCD held 5 regional workshops

to discuss Framework; final workshop to be held in Fresno on Jan. 24th.

• Webinar to be recorded Jan.
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26, 20 2017, and posted to the NPLH Webpage: http://www.hcd.ca.gov/financial- assistance/no-place-like-home/

NPLH PROPOSED PROGRAM FRAMEWORK – PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY

• Deadline to comment is January 31, 2017.
• To view the Proposed Framework, please visit

http://www.hcd.ca.gov/financial-assistance/no- place-like-home/

• Please send all comments to NPLH@hcd.ca.gov

CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION - UPDATE

November 29, 2016:

• City Council chose 11 members & 3

alternates to serve on the CNWS Reuse Project Community Advisory Committee (CAC).

• Terms will expire December 31, 2018.

CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION - UPDATE

• CAC will meet monthly on 3rd Tuesday,

beginning this month, at the City Council Chambers.

• CAC members to work with developer

Lennar to apply Reuse Project goals, principles, and policies to potential Specific Plan issues that may arise.

http://www.concordreuseproject.org/

• 11. NUTS & BOLTS

Standing Item: Share Community Announcements

• 12. PIN IT

Standing Item: Future items of discussion and scheduling to be considered. Our n next C Council o

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